-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` A fashion show 's soundtrack is just as important as the venue , the seating and the production , '' said Alexander Wang , the 29-year-old designer of his own label .

Wang , who is also the new creative director of European fashion house Balenciaga , said music is an integral part of how he is inspired . When he presented his edgy fall 2013 looks at the historic Cunard Building in Manhattan 's financial district , Wang juxtaposed the traditional space and its nostalgic feel with a soundtrack that he called `` very industrial , very kind of Berlin underground . ''

Music was so important to Marcus Wainwright and David Neville 's rag & bone label that they commissioned Radiohead front man Thom Yorke and producer Nigel Godrich to create a custom track for their show . Meanwhile , Carolina Herrera collaborated with composer and pianist Tom Hodge on an original score for her fashion show . Hodge , Herrera and producer Javier Peral worked with the London Contemporary Orchestra at the famed Abbey Road Studios in London last fall to create `` Capriccio for Carolina , '' a score inspired by Beethoven 's Kreutzer Violin Sonata .

When the lights dimmed at Michael Kors ' runway show , the music swelled and the models appeared on the catwalk in vivid orange , bright blue and taxicab yellow . But Kors , who compares fashion shows to Broadway productions , said it is the music that brings it all to life . `` This show we are using a fabulous new singer named Willy Moon . It 's a little '50s , a little '80s , a little modern . '' The collection , which Kors calls `` urban athleticism , '' focused on movement and speed , and was enhanced by Moon 's soundtrack . Plus , Kors said the singer `` is superstylish and fun and energetic and it kind of sets the mood . ''

Rebecca Taylor agrees . She said music `` gives the girls -LRB- models -RRB- great energy for walking and makes everyone watching feel like they are a part of something exciting . ''

Here is a selection of songs played during New York Fashion Week :

Altuzarra

`` Elephant Island 2 '' - Sleeparchive

`` Time Lapse Variation '' - New Tango Orquesta

`` Preparation for Attack '' - Zero Dark Thirty

Diane von Furstenberg

`` Love to Love You Baby '' - Donna Summer

`` Like An Eagle '' -- Dennis Parker

`` No To Love '' -LRB- Ewan Pearson 's Permissive Society Remix -RRB- - Jessie Ware

`` Inspector Norse '' - Todd Terje

`` More More More '' - Andrea True Connection

`` I 'm Every Woman '' - Chaka Khan

Alexander Wang

`` I Turn My Arm '' - Gazelle Twin

`` Real Love '' - Cult Days

`` Jesus Piece '' -- The Game

Carolina Herrera

`` Capriccio for Carolina , '' - Tom Hodge , Javier Peral and the London Contemporary Orchestra

Oscar de la Renta

`` As Time Goes By '' - Bryan Ferry

`` I 'm In The Mood For Love '' -- Bryan Ferry

`` Polonaise '' - Shigeru Umebayashi

Michael Kors

`` I Wan na Be Your Man '' - Willy Moon

`` She Loves Me '' - Willy Moon

`` Yeah Yeah Yeah '' - Willy Moon

rag & bone

Custom track by Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich

Rebecca Taylor

`` After You '' - Pulp -LRB- collaboration with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem -RRB-

`` Fate Glory '' - Montevideo

`` Constant Conversations '' - Passion Pit

`` Work '' - The 2 Bears

Thom Browne

`` Stabat Mater Dolorosa '' - Antonin Dvorak

`` Storm '' - Bjork

`` Pearl '' - Bjork

`` Saint Matthew Passion '' - J.S.Bach

Passion -LRB- Music for the Last Temptation of Christ -RRB- - Peter Gabriel - With This Love -LRB- Choir -RRB-

Victoria Beckham

`` The Truth Is '' - Chrysta Bell

`` Swinging Upstream -LRB- Gab Demo 4 -RRB- '' - DJ Shadow

`` Polish Poem '' - Chrysta Bell

Jason Wu

`` This Ladder is Ours '' - The Joy Formidable

`` Milk & Black Spiders '' - Foals

`` Here Comes the Rain Again '' - Eurythmics

`` Skyfall Remix '' - Adele

`` A Song For You '' - Amy Winehouse

* This story is part of coverage from CNN National Correspondent Alina Cho , who returns with her latest installment of `` Fashion : Backstage Pass from New York Fashion Week . ''

This season , Cho sits down with supermodel Naomi Campbell to talk about her legendary career and new reality show `` The Face , '' take a tour of Coach President Reed Krakoff 's 18,000-square-foot Manhattan town house , spend the day with a top model , buyer and editor to see the craziness and frenetic pace of fashion week -LRB- it 's NOT all glitz and glamour -RRB- and talk one-on-one backstage with New York 's hottest designer , Alexander Wang , who at age 29 was just named creative director of storied European fashion house Balenciaga . The special will also include interviews with Sarah Jessica Parker , Drew Barrymore , Diane von Furstenberg and Michael Kors .

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Music is an integral part of New York Fashion Week

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One designer has commissioned a track for his show

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Selections this year range from classical to more popular tunes